2 Corinthians 12:11

New Century Version

I have been talking like a fool, but you made me do it. You are the ones who should say good things about me. I am worth nothing, but those “great apostles” are not worth any more than I am!

Cross References

Proverbs 27:2

Don’t praise yourself. Let someone else do it. Let the praise come from a stranger and not from your own mouth.

Luke 17:10

It is the same with you. When you have done everything you are told to do, you should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done the work we should do.’ ”

1 Corinthians 13:2

I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:22

Paul, Apollos, and Peter; the world, life, death, the present, and the future—all these belong to you.

2 Corinthians 1:6

If we have troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation, and if we have comfort, you also have comfort. This helps you to accept patiently the same sufferings we have.

2 Corinthians 11:1

I wish you would be patient with me even when I am a little foolish, but you are already doing that.

2 Corinthians 11:5

I do not think that those “great apostles” are any better than I am.

2 Corinthians 12:12

When I was with you, I patiently did the things that prove I am an apostle—signs, wonders, and miracles.

2 Corinthians 12:6

But if I wanted to brag about myself, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will not brag about myself. I do not want people to think more of me than what they see me do or hear me say.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we starting to brag about ourselves again? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?

2 Corinthians 5:13

If we are out of our minds, it is for God. If we have our right minds, it is for you.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks he is important when he really is not, he is only fooling himself.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God’s people, but God gave me this gift—to tell those who are not Jews the Good News about the riches of Christ, which are too great to understand fully.